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...Soviet refinement of German weaponry. The AK-47 is so rugged, dependable, and fast-firing that it, in effect, practically turns an ordinary rifleman into a machine gunner. Some firearm experts consider it superior to the U.S. M16, which fires a smaller bullet and has an unfortunate tendency to jam. Though the AK-47 is heavier and heats up faster than the M16, U.S. combat troopers sometimes pay it the ultimate compliment by picking it up and using it themselves when they find one on a battlefield...
Even if the money is found, the vision of computers in houses may be harder to administer than it sounds. The natural study cycle of Harvard students would probably create jam-ups at the single house console around exam time. The machinery is expensive and it is not clear just how closely the consoles would have to be watched. "I suppose the control would have to be self-policing," one administrator says, "but I'm a little dubious about how well that would work." Mosteller seems confident that the houses will be ingenious enough to get around these difficulties...
...takes about 45 minutes and $10 in unmetered cab fare, British Rail is going to construct a line between Victoria Station and an underground stop at Heathrow. Without such a rail link, experts have predicted, the disembarking passengers from each of the new jets would create a traffic jam one mile long...
...Carnegie Hall and whispered: "I feel like a whore in church." That was the night that Benny Goodman's big band first brought jazz to the concert hall, and in memory of the occasion Benny got the old group together last week for an evening of dinner-and-jam at his Manhattan apartment. Some of the boys -James, Pianist Teddy Wilson, Trombonist Red Ballard-were tied up elsewhere, but 14 of the original 26 made it, including Drummer Gene Krupa, Vibraphonist Lionel Hampton, Pianist Jess Stacy and Singer Martha Tilton. Goodman, now 58, fed them all a buffet supper...
...with Kosygin during the Arab-Israeli War contained that conflict on terms acceptable to both the U.S. and Russia. Johnson's artful cajolery ended the rail crisis in 1964, and his masterful manipulation of Congress in the early days of his presidency helped him to clean up a log jam of domestic programs that had been forming since the days of the New Deal. He has also proved himself capable of remarkable restraint, particularly in the face of Charles de Gaulle's persistent provocations...